Comments on: Doctor Who – Colin Baker http://www.childofthe1980s.com/2008/04/07/doctor-who-colin-baker/ Child of the 1980's - If you grew up in the 80's, then here you'll find TV, films, toys, games, music, sweets and much more you'll remember... Time to get nostalgic and remember all those childhood memories! Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:25:36 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Philip Ayres http://www.childofthe1980s.com/2008/04/07/doctor-who-colin-baker/comment-page-1/#comment-17380 Philip Ayres Thu, 22 Apr 2010 20:28:50 +0000 http://www.childofthe1980s.com/2008/04/07/doctor-who-colin-baker/#comment-17380 Matt Smith is good, we like him. Matt Smith is good, we like him.

]]> By: Big Boo http://www.childofthe1980s.com/2008/04/07/doctor-who-colin-baker/comment-page-1/#comment-17367 Big Boo Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:21:41 +0000 http://www.childofthe1980s.com/2008/04/07/doctor-who-colin-baker/#comment-17367 Yes, my mind was already kind of decide by then anyway, but I don't think that experience endeared me any more to Colin's Doctor. BTW, how are we liking Matt Smith? He seems to have slipped into the role quite comfortably already from what I've seen. Yes, my mind was already kind of decide by then anyway, but I don’t think that experience endeared me any more to Colin’s Doctor.

BTW, how are we liking Matt Smith? He seems to have slipped into the role quite comfortably already from what I’ve seen.

]]> By: Philip Ayres http://www.childofthe1980s.com/2008/04/07/doctor-who-colin-baker/comment-page-1/#comment-17301 Philip Ayres Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:55:53 +0000 http://www.childofthe1980s.com/2008/04/07/doctor-who-colin-baker/#comment-17301 Well that, and you sat through some of me & Matt's "All 14 parts of Trial in one day" session while we were at University. Well that, and you sat through some of me & Matt’s “All 14 parts of Trial in one day” session while we were at University.

]]> By: Big Boo http://www.childofthe1980s.com/2008/04/07/doctor-who-colin-baker/comment-page-1/#comment-17298 Big Boo Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:43:22 +0000 http://www.childofthe1980s.com/2008/04/07/doctor-who-colin-baker/#comment-17298 Zosimus, you mentioned in your comment on the Peter Davison years that you didn't see much of that Doctor because it clashed with your family tea time. I have to admit the same occured for me with Colin Baker, which probably goes some way towards explaining why I don't have that many fond memories of his incarnation of the Timelord. Zosimus, you mentioned in your comment on the Peter Davison years that you didn’t see much of that Doctor because it clashed with your family tea time.

I have to admit the same occured for me with Colin Baker, which probably goes some way towards explaining why I don’t have that many fond memories of his incarnation of the Timelord.

]]> By: Zosimus the Heathen http://www.childofthe1980s.com/2008/04/07/doctor-who-colin-baker/comment-page-1/#comment-17250 Zosimus the Heathen Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:16:23 +0000 http://www.childofthe1980s.com/2008/04/07/doctor-who-colin-baker/#comment-17250 Funnily enough, given how unpopular I've heard he was (I don't think you're at all alone in disliking him), Colin Baker's version of the Doctor was one of my favourites, probably second only to the version played by the other Baker, in fact! I think that's due to a combination of factors eg the fact that I first saw most of the Sixth Doctor's stories during a particularly happy period of my life (and have therefore come to associate them with that period); the fact that the series <i>finally</i> started to have half-decent special effects during Colin Baker's time in the role; all the colour and general trippiness of many of his stories; and the fact that I thought most of those stories (as few as they ended up being) were actually pretty good! I even liked the Sixth Doctor's violent streak (it was refreshing to finally see a Doctor who wasn't afraid to get his hands dirty, rather than relying on other characters to do the nasty but necessary work to defeat the bad guys, and then hypocritically lecturing them on the evils of violence), and rather garish ensemble (for some reason, the last thing always reminded me of the clothes worn by an Australian children's television character called Humphrey B Bear). Even more weirdly (and to finally convince you I'm a raving nutter whose opinions on everything are probably best ignored), I actually liked Mel! Seriously! I loved the scene in <i>The Trial of a Timelord</i> in which she made her first appearance, mainly, I'll admit, because it was so ridiculous! <i>Trial...</i> was a bit of an odd story, though, wasn't it? The way that it was four stories in one (giving it, I do believe, the biggest number of episodes of any Doctor Who story), and the way that each of those stories was frequently interrupted by courtroom scenes (something that I found more than a little irritating after a while). I also found it strange that given the whole premise of the thing was the Doctor being put on trial for alleged past crimes, none of the crimes shown were ones that had been dealt with in previous stories (although I later realized that, if they had been, the whole thing would have been one of those awful, tedious "clips" shows that the American studios seem to love churning out). Not being from England myself, I didn't recognize Bonnie Langford or Linda Bellingham from those other roles of theirs you mentioned, although one of the other actors - the man who played the captain of the spaceship in the mini-story <i>Terror of the Vervoids</i>, I believe - was familiar to me from his long-running role in an Australian soap opera called <i>G.P.</i>. <i>Terror of the Vervoids</i>, incidentally, was my favourite part of <i>Trial...</i>, mainly because it was one of those aforementioned colourful, trippy stories, and also simply a nice creepy story that could well have stood on its own. Funnily enough, given how unpopular I’ve heard he was (I don’t think you’re at all alone in disliking him), Colin Baker’s version of the Doctor was one of my favourites, probably second only to the version played by the other Baker, in fact! I think that’s due to a combination of factors eg the fact that I first saw most of the Sixth Doctor’s stories during a particularly happy period of my life (and have therefore come to associate them with that period); the fact that the series finally started to have half-decent special effects during Colin Baker’s time in the role; all the colour and general trippiness of many of his stories; and the fact that I thought most of those stories (as few as they ended up being) were actually pretty good! I even liked the Sixth Doctor’s violent streak (it was refreshing to finally see a Doctor who wasn’t afraid to get his hands dirty, rather than relying on other characters to do the nasty but necessary work to defeat the bad guys, and then hypocritically lecturing them on the evils of violence), and rather garish ensemble (for some reason, the last thing always reminded me of the clothes worn by an Australian children’s television character called Humphrey B Bear).

Even more weirdly (and to finally convince you I’m a raving nutter whose opinions on everything are probably best ignored), I actually liked Mel! Seriously! I loved the scene in The Trial of a Timelord in which she made her first appearance, mainly, I’ll admit, because it was so ridiculous! Trial… was a bit of an odd story, though, wasn’t it? The way that it was four stories in one (giving it, I do believe, the biggest number of episodes of any Doctor Who story), and the way that each of those stories was frequently interrupted by courtroom scenes (something that I found more than a little irritating after a while). I also found it strange that given the whole premise of the thing was the Doctor being put on trial for alleged past crimes, none of the crimes shown were ones that had been dealt with in previous stories (although I later realized that, if they had been, the whole thing would have been one of those awful, tedious “clips” shows that the American studios seem to love churning out). Not being from England myself, I didn’t recognize Bonnie Langford or Linda Bellingham from those other roles of theirs you mentioned, although one of the other actors – the man who played the captain of the spaceship in the mini-story Terror of the Vervoids, I believe – was familiar to me from his long-running role in an Australian soap opera called G.P.. Terror of the Vervoids, incidentally, was my favourite part of Trial…, mainly because it was one of those aforementioned colourful, trippy stories, and also simply a nice creepy story that could well have stood on its own.

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